an unlawful possession

См. также в других словарях:

• take unlawful possession — index rob Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor — Maintaining custody or exercising the right of ownership, management, or control over intoxicating liquor when possession of such article is in violation of law. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 59 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• possession — pos·ses·sion /pə ze shən/ n 1: the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a: actual possession in this entry b: constructive possession in …   Law dictionary

• possession — noun 1 having/owning sth ADJECTIVE ▪ exclusive, sole ▪ They had exclusive possession of the property as tenants. ▪ illegal, unlawful (esp. BrE) (both law) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Possession (law) — In law, possession is the control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it. A person may be in possession of some property (although possession does not… …   Wikipedia

• unlawful detainer — The unlawful withholding or detention of real property after the acquisition of a peaceable and actual, but unlawful, possession. 35 Am J2d Forc E & D § 32 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• unlawful detainer — n 1: the act of wrongfully remaining in possession of property (as after expiration of a lease) 2: an action intended to remedy unlawful detainer by restoring possession of property to its owner – called also unlawful detainer action; Merriam… …   Law dictionary

• unlawful — That which is contrary to, prohibited, or unauthorized by law. That which is not lawful. The acting contrary to, or in defiance of the law; disobeying or disregarding the law. Term is equivalent to without excuse or justification. State v. Noble …   Black's law dictionary

• possession — Having control over a thing with the intent to have and to exercise such control. Oswald v. Weigel, 219 Kan. 616, 549 P.2d 568, 569. The detention and control, or the manual or ideal custody, of anything which may be the subject of property, for… …   Black's law dictionary

• unlawful detainer — noun a) the act of retaining possession of property without legal right b) a legal action intended to remedy unlawful detainer by restoring possession of property to its owner …   Wiktionary

• unlawful — adj. Unlawful is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑assembly, ↑conduct, ↑discrimination, ↑eviction, ↑force, ↑homicide, ↑imprisonment, ↑industrial action, ↑intercourse, ↑killing, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary